Ex-England boss Gareth Southgate to get knighthood in the New Year Honours List
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Sponsored by. FORMER England boss Gareth Southgate will get a knighthood in the New Year Honours List. He will be given the gong after steering the men’s footie side to two Euro finals. Gareth, 54, follows in the footsteps of Sir Bobby Robson and Sir Alf Ramsey in being knighted for services to sport.
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The Sun on Sunday revealed in October that tax bosses had cleared Gareth of wrongdoing after he put money into a controversial film investment scheme. It paved the way for him to get the coveted title. The letters are understood to have been sent out already by the Honours Committee.
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A source said: “Gareth is a football legend who achieved great things this year.”. He is England’s most successful boss since Sir Alf Ramsey — who guided the team to victory in the 1966 World Cup. As well as the two Euro finals, Gareth took England to a World Cup semi final.
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The father-of-two was made an OBE in 2019. GARETH Southgate took charge of 102 games for England before quitting in the aftermath of the Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain. But what were the best - and worst matches - from the popular gaffer's eight-year reign before that devastating Sunday night in Berlin? Here we take a look.
THE HIGHS:. Colombia 1-1 England (3-4 on pens,) 2018 World Cup. This was the night that long-suffering supporters finally started to believe that it was coming home. Despite conceding a late equaliser, England held their nerve to advance to the quarter final of the World Cup 2018 on penalties.
